SOUTHERN MN AREA ASSEMBLY

What they do

THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AREA ASSEMBLY (SMAA) REPRESENTS and SERVES OVER 800 GROUPS LOCATED THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. DURING 2024 SMAA HELD ONE SIGNIFICANT WORKSHOP for ITS MEMBERS. THE TRUSTED SERVANT LEADERSHIP TRAINING, A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP to PROVIDE TRAINING to MEMBERS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED to HOLD A SERVICE POSITION IN EITHER SMAA, or IN THEIR LOCAL AA COMMUNITY or GROUP. THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AREA ASSEMBLY (SMAA) SERVES MANY FUNCTIONS: 1) WE ELECT A DELEGATE to REPRESENT US AT THE NATIONAL GENERAL SERVICE CONFERENCE of ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, HELD ANNUALLY NEAR AAS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, NY, AS WELL AS FIVE OTHER AREA OFFICERS THAT CONDUCT and OVERSEE THE BUSINESS of SMAA; 2) SMAA HAS 11 APPOINTED COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS. WE HOLD QUARTERLY COMMITTEE MEETINGS to PLAN ACTIVITIES and SHARE INFORMATION WITH LOCAL SERVICE VOLUNTEERS; 3) ANNUALLY WE HOLD 3 "ASSEMBLY" HYBRID- STYLE MEETINGS WHERE OFFICERS and CHAIRPERSONS REPORT BACK to THE AA GROUPS WE SERVE, and CONDUCT SMAA-WIDE BU